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Wombat research that's not to be sniffed at 28 January 2021 Soft Matter – could help develop new colon cancer diagnostics. An international team of scientists have been able to replicate how a wombat produces square poo – and it could change the way geometric products are manufactured in future. Research published today in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s journal Soft Matter, expands on the discovery that wombat poo forms its distinctive shape within the wombat’s intestines, not at the point of exit as previously thought. They have now discovered that the slow passage of the faeces an...

Dr Wim Noorduin (1980) has been appointed professor by special appointment of Self-Organising Matter at the Faculty of Science at the University of...

Uwe Täuber Selected as Lead Editor for Physical Review E January 11, 2021 APS has selected Uwe Täuber, Professor of Physics and Director of the Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics at Virginia Polytechnic and State University (Virginia Tech), as the new Lead Editor of Physical Review E. He started his tenure at the journal on January 1, taking over from the previous editor, Eli Ben-Naim (Los Alamos National Laboratory), who served in the position from 2012 to 2020. “I am looking forward to working with Uwe in his new role as Lead Editor of Physical Review E. His broad backgroun...

X-ray diffraction patterns reveal the orientation of fat crystals.

March 18, 2021 1:00 PM Virtual NSF invests in fundamental research to support biotechnology and advance the U.S. bioeconomy across the sciences and engineering.  Presented by NSF's Bioeconomy Coordinating Committee and NSF Directorates, this distinguished lecture series will bring in individual speakers and panels representing the science and technology funded by a Directorate every month.  Speakers will present on research and broader impacts in areas associated with biotechnology and the bioeconomy that are of interest broadly across the foundation. All sessions will b...